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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: VICTOR J. WESTMAN, COUNTY COUNSEL
DATE: October , 1995
SUBJECT: Local Rule H for the Assessment Appeals Board
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS: Adopt the Assessment Appeals Board' s proposal
that its attached Local Rule H "Time for Hearing and Presentation
of Stipulations " become applicable to Assessment Appeals Board
proceedings .
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS :
The Assessment Appeals Board has approved Local Rule H. For the
convenience of the Assessment Appeals Board, County Counsel has
filed this proposed rule with the Board of Supervisors for its
consideration and possible adoption pursuant to Ordinance Code
section 26-10 . 404 (b) . The rule is intended to ensure that
decisions on applications for reduction in property tax assessments
are made within two years of the date that an application is filed
as required by Revenue and Taxation Code section 1604 (c ) .
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AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
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SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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cc: Assessment Appeals Board PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Assessor THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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• Rule H. Time for Hearings and Presentation of Stipulations
Except in cases where there is controlling litigation
pending or where the Assessment Appeals Board and the applicant
mutually agree in writing or on the record to extend the time to
hear the appeal pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section
1604 (c ) and Property Tax Rule 30 (c) , the clerk shall schedule each
application for a hearing to occur no later than twenty-two ( 22 )
months after the date on which the application was filed. Any
request to continue a hearing to a date more than twenty-two ( 22 )
months after the filing date shall be granted only for good cause
with the approval of the Board.
Any stipulation regarding resolution of an application
shall be presented to the Board prior to the day of the scheduled
hearing. On timely presentation of a stipulation, the Board may
approve the stipulation, may reject the stipulation and proceed to
hear the application on the scheduled hearing date, or may continue
the hearing.
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COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
MARTINEZ,CAUFORNIA ;
Date: October 13 , 1995
To: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Attn: Dean Lucas, Deputy County Administrator
From: Victor J. Westman, County Counsel �/j ,J
By: Mary Ann McNett Mason, Deputy County Counsel 1' -4- / '1M
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Re: Assessment Appeals Board' s proposed Local Rule H
As explained in the attached memorandum to the Board of
Supervisors, the Assessment Appeals Board is requesting consideration
of the attached Local Rule H.
We sent copies of the proposed Board order and Local Rule to
the Assessor. He should be advised of the date on which this matter
will appear on the Board's agenda.
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cc: Assessment Appeals Board
Assessor
Dennis Graves, Deputy County Counsel
Clerk of the Board ( 12 copies ) ,